Psalms as a Grammar for Faith
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Psalms as a Grammar for Faith

Prayer and Praise

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Psalms as a Grammar for Faith

Prayer and Praise

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The Psalms, gritty and bold prayers of a people seeking to be obedient to a powerful and compassionate God, collectively illustrate what a real faith in the living God looks like. In Psalms as a Grammar for Faith: Prayer and Praise, W. H. Bellinger Jr. traces the way the Psalms exemplify and create a grammar for living a life of faith.

Bellinger combines his years of study of the Psalms and his own theological sensibility to explore both the genre and shape of the Psalter. He focuses upon the themes of lament and of praise. Bellinger addresses the presence of enemies andtheprayers for vengeance throughout the Psalms, concluding that these lamentations exemplify a covenant theology of prayer.He then examines thepsalms of praisethatteach the art of worship. Various kinds of praise in the Psalter serve as examplesofadoration—proper ways to thank almighty God forthe goodness of life and for the divine mystery. Finally, Bellinger explores the five divisions of the Psalms, arguing for a powerful and intentional anthology initially connected to ancient Israel's encounter with defeat and exile.

Bellinger concludes that the Psalter directs readers to use the psalms of lament and praise as models for life, depending on God's justice in times of anger, singingGod'spraise in times of thanksgiving, and always acknowledging God as Lord over hardships and blessings. Only in this way, he argues, can humans live the faith of the Psalms—a faith defined by complete dependence on God.

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Publisher
Baylor University Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9781481311229
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Studies

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. 1. The Book Of Psalms
  6. 2. Out Of The Depths
  7. 3. The Praise Of God In The Psalms
  8. 4. The Shape Of The Grammar
  9. 5. The Movement Of The Grammar
  10. Notes
  11. Bibliography
  12. Author and Subject Index
  13. Scripture Index